The Bicester School

We are an 11-19 Academy, graded as Good in all categories by Ofsted in 2014, 2018 and again in March 2024 with rising GCSE results and with a broad and rich curriculum offer. We are part of Activate Education Learning Trust (ALET) and are supported in our journey in Transforming Lives Through Learning.

We have very good teaching facilities, an excellent programme of CPD and are able to offer candidates the opportunity to teach across the 11-19 age range in a disciplined, orderly and supportive environment. At the heart of our community is our school motto: Aspire and Achieve. These simple yet powerful words reflect our belief that every student here has the potential to reach extraordinary heights and we do so through our unique learning philosophy: Brain, Emotion, Motivation. This approach ensures that our students don’t just learn—they flourish.

The Bicester School is a Partner school in the Oxfordshire Teaching Schools Alliance (OTSA). Teaching Schools are part of the government’s drive to give schools more freedom and to enable headteachers to take increasing responsibility for managing the education system. The Oxfordshire Teaching Schools Alliance is a partnership of Oxfordshire schools, Oxfordshire County Council, The University of Oxford, The University of Reading, Oxford Brookes University and other significant educational organisations. Our vision is that by bringing together the strengths of all OTSA partners we have a unique opportunity to develop a sustainable culture of aspiration, collaboration and excellence leading to a world class education for all young people in Oxfordshire. The Oxfordshire Teaching Schools Alliance is working in the following key areas; Initial Teacher Training, Research and Development, School to School Support, CPD and Leadership Development, Succession Planning and Talent Management, Special Educational Needs and Disability, ECT Induction and Professional Learning Networks. Strategic Partner schools take responsibility for delivery of a specific area of work within at least one key area in which they have particular expertise, while Partner schools contribute to, or participate in, at least one of these areas. At The Bicester School we use OTSA for our ECT training and SCITT trainees.

We are also a partner school with the Buckinghamshire Partnership who also run SCITT programmes